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| <h2>Spotlight: On Developers and Technology</h2> |
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| On "Project Merge." The proposal, made |
| by Martin Gallwey in the <a href="//www-discuss/current/" target="_blank">discuss |
| forum</a> two weeks ago, initiated one of the more vigorous debates OpenOffice.org |
| has seen in months. Martin's <a href="//www-discuss/current/msg03975.html" target="_blank">simple |
| proposal</a> was to merge several related mailing lists into one. This way, |
| members would be able to discuss similar topics in one list and not miss |
| out on relevant discussions taking place in other lists. Discussion on the |
| topic has been technically sophisticated and also important. For, an Open |
| Source project lives in its mailing lists, and determining the right mix |
| of size and constitution is a difficult art. The <a href="//www-discuss/current/thrd26.html#03833" target="_blank">thread</a> |
| of the discussions is recommended reading for anyone interested in seeing |
| how an Open Source project negotiates its own success. |
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